Learning at Western Avenue School in Flossmoor is going to have a beat during February as Alicia Gaskin, Jade Vazquez and the rest of the Parent Teacher Organization puts on a Black History Month program that they hope will have students singing along. “Sounds of Blackness” will start with an[Read More…]
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The Weeks | Jan. 28: Township coverage, biking/walking open house, dragons, local talent, bid whist
THE WEEK > Meeting Homewood-Flossmoor District 233 Finance Committee will meet at 7:30 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 30, in the Viking Room, South Building, 999 Kedzie Ave. Stuff to do Wednesday, Jan. 31 Big Bad Musical. Spotlight Performance Academy presents “The Big Bad Musical” at 6:30 p.m. in Homewood Auditorium, 2010 Chestnut[Read More…]
Flossmoor bridge replacement scheduled to begin in March
The Village of Flossmoor invited residents to a conversation about the upcoming Brookwood Bridge and Butterfield Road Culvert reconstruction project at an open house on Jan. 24. The project is scheduled to begin the first week of March. The village expects construction work to finish by the end of June.[Read More…]
Peyton Nigro sworn in as Homewood police officer
Peyton Nigro takes the oath of office as a police officer at the Jan. 9 Homewood Board of Trustees meeting. Homewood Police Chief Denise McGrath introduced Nigro to the board, noting that he completed Cook County Sheriff’s Basic Law Enforcement Police Training Academy training and graduated from the academy on[Read More…]
Open house offers residents closer look at drainage plan
Flossmoor residents gathered at village hall on Tuesday, Jan. 23, to learn more about the proposed drainage project that is designed to relieve flooding downtown and in neighborhoods south of the downtown area. Village staff and representatives from Baxter & Woodman Consulting Engineers were on hand to show the plans,[Read More…]
State announces start to 2024 income tax filing season
The Illinois Department of Revenue (IDOR) announced on Thursday, Jan. 25, that it will begin accepting and processing 2023 tax returns on Monday, Jan. 29, the same date the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) begins accepting federal income tax returns. “We encourage taxpayers to file electronically as early as possible as[Read More…]
Family Wine & Liquor expands its space and adds coolers
Family Wine & Liquor, a liquor store in the Southgate Shopping Center in Homewood, has almost doubled its space. This has allowed for more room for customers to walk while browsing, less product that has to be temporarily stored in the back and new, walk-in coolers for beer and hard[Read More…]
1.26.2024 | What You Need To Know This Weekend
CABIN FEVER BYOB BINGO — An adults-only bingo night for anyone age 21 and up with progressive cash prizes from 7 to 9 p.m. tonight at FCC Community House, 847 Hutchison Road. Bingo cards are $5 per game and $2 per additional card, cash only. Five games will be played. Doors[Read More…]
Homewood to pass along 2.5% water, sewer rate hike
Homewood trustees approved a 2.5% rate increase Tuesday, Jan. 23, covering the additional cost for Lake Michigan water from Chicago Heights, the village’s water supplier. According to Finance Director Amy Zukowski, combined water and sewer service rates per 1,000 gallons will go from $14.41 to $14.77, an increase of 36[Read More…]
D161 board debates closing schools for elections
After a lengthy discussion at the Jan. 22 meeting, District 161 school board members voted to close schools during the March 19 primary election and decided that students would learn online instead. The meeting started with an audience comment from Rob Calhoon, the district’s orchestra director. “I believe shifting from[Read More…]
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